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The 70th Anniversary of Jilin University
We ask you to look back to our entry #20307825 and the few that follow, showing a 2015 series of unused cards–blank on the reverse–commemorating specific anniversaries, events, or notable dates. Each card had pre-printed postage on the front. So now we have a similar series from 2016, each with an individual reference number as well as the series number, which in this case is JP 220. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20307891
Price: $1.00
Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo
We ask you to look back to our entry #20307825 and the few that follow, showing a 2015 series of unused cards–blank on the reverse–commemorating specific anniversaries, events, or notable dates. Each card had pre-printed postage on the front. So now we have a similar series from 2016, each with an individual reference number as well as the series number, which in this case is JP 221. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20307892
Price: $1.00
Drama Shines in China and the West – Tang Xianzu and Shakespeare
We ask you to look back to our entry #20307825 and the few that follow, showing a 2015 series of unused cards–blank on the reverse–commemorating specific anniversaries, events, or notable dates. Each card had pre-printed postage on the front. So now we have a similar series from 2016, each with an individual reference number as well as the series number, which in this case is JP 222 (2-1). Unused. Grade: 1 (If you like this and 20307894, have both for $1.50)

Code: 20307893
Price: $1.00
Drama Shines in China and the West – Tang Xianzu and Shakespeare
We ask you to look back to our entry #20307825 and the few that follow, showing a 2015 series of unused cards–blank on the reverse–commemorating specific anniversaries, events, or notable dates. Each card had pre-printed postage on the front. So now we have a similar series from 2016, each with an individual reference number as well as the series number, which in this case is JP 222 (2-2). Unused. Grade: 1 (If you like this and 20307893, have both for $1.50)

Code: 20307894
Price: $1.00
Pengchengyingxiang (sealed set)
We rarely do this, but now’s a good time for it. This is a sealed set that we sourced from China Post in Shenzhen in 2017. Because it’s sealed in the original packing, we do not know how many cards are inside (our estimate: 10, but no guarantee) or what they’re about. A Google search only hints that these are probably art-related. If we knew, the price would be double. But we don’t, so it isn’t. Implied Grade: 1

Code: 20307896
Price: $9.00
Chinese Dinosaurs (Maximum Cards) (set of six)
Nice set of six (otherwise unused) engraved maximum cards, issued by China National Philatelic in May, 2017. Our scan shows you three of the six cards in the set. Western names, but all other captioning on these dinosaur postcards is in Chinese. Grade: 1

Code: 20307897
Price: $19.00
Art (Maximum Cards) (Set of six)
Our scan shows you four of the six cards in this set, issued by China National Philatelic in 2017. The other two cards are in a similar spirit, and there’s a cardboard cover (not shown). Somewhat unusually, postmarks are not all the same. Unused. Grades: 1

Code: 20307898
Price: $14.00
Shenzhen Image (set of 19) – three more cards
See 20307899A. Remember, the price is for the whole set, not just these three cards.

Code: 20307899C
Price: $39.00
Innovation in Science and Technology (Maximum Cards) (set of five)
We did our best to show you parts of all five cards in this 2017 set MC-118 from China National Philatelic Corporation. There’s also a cardboard cover (not shown). Grade: 1

Code: 20307900
Price: $11.00
Composers (Maximum Cards) (set of four)
The scan shows one full card and parts of the other three in this unused set MC-117 from 2017. If the signatures aren’t clear, you have Franz Schubert, Gustav Mahler, Frederic Chopin, and Franz Liszt. Why these four? Why does China do this? Only they know. Grade: 1

Code: 20307901
Price: $10.00
Cambodia/PR China joint issue (Maximum Cards) (set of two)
Issued in 2017 with (PR) China National Philatelic as the lead sponsor, each of the two maximum cards in this set has a stamp and postmark corresponding to the correct country. It’s PRC set MC-119. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20307902
Price: $9.00
Twenty-Five Royal Seals of the Qing Dynasty (Part One) (first 13 of set of 25)
This is Part One of a two-part set (see also our entry 20307903B), which must be sold together. Part One contains 13 unused cards, of which we show two as examples here, plus one panel of mint stamps (also in our scan). Now please move on to see the description for Part 2. The price we show here is for both parts together. Grade: 1

Code: 20307903A
Price: $36.00
Twenty-Five Royal Seals of the Qing Dynasty (Part Two) (second 12 of set of 25)
First, please read what we wrote for entry 20307903A. This set includes the remaining 12 cards of seals, and one more panel of mint stamps. Our scan shows one sample front of a card, one sample reverse of a card, and the cardboard cover similar for both parts of the entire set. You would be buying both parts of this set together for the listed price. Grades: 1

Code: 20307903B
Price: $36.00
Dream of the Red Chamber, a Masterpiece in Classical Chinese Literature (III) (set of four) (Maximum Cards)
This is a beautiful set of four maximum cards, issued by China National Philatelic in April 2018, of which our scan shows two pieces plus the cardboard cover. The other two cards are in a similar style. As a side note, Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the most famous (and most accessible) works of Chinese literature. Two sets are available. Grades: 1

Code: 20307904
Price: $14.00
Mt. Shizhong (Stone-Bell)
Mailed in 1992, but from Hong Kong, using six stamps and with partly legible postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 20307905
Price: $1.00
Mouse
There’s a considerable back-story to this unused maximum card, and we are unable to explain it. We consulted Hong Kong friends who said, in effect, nobody in Hong Kong now really understands this calendrical cycle well. It’s apparently an old tradition in Mainland China. Please don’t hold it against us that we can’t go much further than this, but the (Chinese-only) text on the reverse caption sounds something like “Mao Zi”. It’s China Post’s card MC(E)-9 and postmarked 2008 but only went on sale in the Shenzhen post office in 2018. Confused? Not just you! Grade: 1

Code: 20307906
Price: $3.00
Hangzhou, Hong Kong handover basket
In the runup to the handover of Hong Kong back to China in 1997, celebrations and festivities took place all over the country. This basket, showing Hong Kong’s symbolic Bauhinia flower, was in Hangzhou. We think. The card was mailed much later, from Shenzhen, using a postage meter. Grade: 1

Code: 20307908
Price: $5.00
Beijing, Hong Kong handover festivities
In the runup to the handover of Hong Kong back to China in 1997, celebrations and festivities took place all over the country. This particular scene was in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The card was mailed much later, from Zhangmutou, using three stamps and with two full postmarks . Grade: 1

Code: 20307910
Price: $5.00
Fujian, Hong Kong handover festivities
In the runup to the handover of Hong Kong back to China in 1997, celebrations and festivities took place all over the country. This particular scene was in Fujian Province (we think). The card was mailed much later, from Zhangmutou, using three stamps and with two full and one more partial postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20307911
Price: $5.00
Zhu Meng Zhong Guo
A hardcover book of 40 postcards in a cardboard cover measuring 1/2″x 8-3/4″ x 11-1/2″. Our scans A-C for this item show you, respectively, (A) the book as it slides into the cover; (B) sample of the fronts and reverse of the cards; and (C) a “Collection Certificate” inside the back cover. The cards all have pre-printed postage and are, of course, unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20307913A
Price: $59.00
Zhu Meng Zhong Guo – sample cards
See description for 20307913A.

Code: 20307913B
Price: $59.00
Zhu Meng Zhong Guo – certificate
See description for 20307913A.

Code: 20307913C
Price: $59.00
1997 Handover of Hong Kong, depicting 29 June
Refer to a few recent entries (example: #20307911) and their descriptions. This was mailed from Shenzhen much later, with stamp and fully legible postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307914
Price: $5.00
1997 Handover of Hong Kong – parade
Refer to a few recent entries (example: #20307911) and their descriptions. This was mailed from Shenzhen much later, with stamp and fully legible postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307915
Price: $5.00
1997 Handover of Hong Kong – lanterns
Refer to a few recent entries (example: #20307911) and their descriptions. This was mailed from Shenzhen much later, with stamp and fully legible postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307916
Price: $5.00
Humen Feeling (set of 4)
Set of four art cards issued by China Post (pre-printed postage), captioned only in Chinese, noted as “Humen Feeling,” by the artist Tan Zhu Yao (we’ve transliterated the name) from an art academy in Dongguan, Guangdong Province. Our scan shows the fronts of three of the four cards; and the reverse of the fourth, which is the only card to have a “chop” from the Opium War Museum where they were bought. The little brown strip holds all four cards together. Grade: 1

Code: 20307917
Price: $7.00
Memory of Dongguan (set of 6)
A set of six cards, art from Leung Wing Ming (transliterated) with, presumably, sites in Dongguan, Guangdong Province. One of the six cards has a “chop” from the Opium War Museum where they were first bought; all six cards have an uncancelled stamp, so if you’re in China, they’re ready to mail. Grade: 1

Code: 20307918
Price: $11.00
Dongguan, Dream Postcard (set of 20)
Set of 20 unused cards, issued by China Post in 2010 with pre-printed postage. Our scan shows two of the cards — with scenes around Guangdong — and the cardboard cover holding them all together. Grade: 1

Code: 20307919
Price: $19.00
Dongguan, Opium Wars (set of 10)
The fronts of two cards and the back of another (the only one having this “chop” from the Opium War Museum in Dongguan), representing ten cards issued by China Post with pre-printed postage. We’re not certain how many opium postcards there are in the world — probably a few from Southeast Asia and the like — but here’s a start for you. The front of the set’s cardboard cover only is smudged with some ink transfer from those chops. It does not affect the postcards. Grade: 1

Code: 20307920
Price: $29.00
Dongguan, opium, four se-tenant panels
We think this item commemorates activities of Lin Zexu (Wikipedia: “Lin Zexu, courtesy name Yuanfu, was a Chinese scholar-official of the Qing dynasty best known for his role in the First Opium War of 1839–42. He was from Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Lin’s forceful opposition to the opium trade was a primary catalyst for the First Opium War.” Sorry that our scan doesn’t make any of this very clear. When fully extended, it is the size of four normal postcards. On one side, the first panel is Chinese-language text and the other three panels are one long artwork of actions during the Opium War that began in 1839. Now flip this over and the other side shows two panels (in the scan) and the reverses of two cards. So there are three actual postcards in those four panels, each with pre-printed postage because these come from China Post. One card (also in the scan) has the “chop” from the Opium War Museum in Dongguan. Grade: 1

Code: 20307921
Price: $19.00
Dongguan, Opium War Museum (set of 12)
This set of 12 unused cards from Dongguan’s Opium War Museum was, unusually, not issued by China Post. All information is in Chinese on the front of each card (we show four of the 12), and the reverse only says “Best wishes for your” in English. OK! One card has the large rubber “chop” from the Museum, which is an interesting and unusual way to spend a couple of hours if you happen to find yourself there. Grade: 1

Code: 20307922
Price: $16.00
1997 Handover of Hong Kong back to China – first-day covers
To make it completely clear right now: these are not actual first-day covers, but one postcard showing two of them from this 1997 event. The postcard itself was mailed from Shenzhen in 2019, with stamp and clear postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307923
Price: $5.00
1997 Handover of Hong Kong to PR China – mass event
From our short series of cards prepared in China for the 1997 Handover, then mailed from Shenzhen (in China) in 2019 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307924
Price: $5.00
1997 Handover of Hong Kong to PR China – schoolchildren
From our short series of cards prepared in China for the 1997 Handover, then mailed from Shenzhen (in China) in 2019 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307925
Price: $5.00
New Look of Guangzhou City
For almost too many reasons to mention, this is a wonderful unused postcard. We’ll try. Issued by the Chinese Government in 1990, it has pre-printed 15f coloured postage that matches the card’s main photo. The bilingual caption lets non-Chinese persons know what city this is. But most importantly, China is changing so fast that this would have become a historical record the day after it was issued. Trust us that the view is not “new” any more. Grade: 1

Code: 20307926
Price: $14.00
Ancient Towns of China III (set of 4) (Maximum Cards)
You may compare this set of four maximum cards with our entry 20307863, as it’s the next in the series. Our scan shows at least part of all four cards along with the cardboard cover holding them. Issued by China National Philatelic in 2019 with series reference MC(E)-20. Grade: 1

Code: 20307927
Price: $10.00
Paired sets (12)
There are 12 “First Day Covers” issued by China Post using postage meter imprint instead of stamps, and each with an actual postmark for the same day as the meter. But even though this is a sequence of 12 covers issued in 2018, the dates on each are different and run into 2019 also. On the back of each envelope, there’s Chinese text and a serial number. Those serial numbers are not the same for each envelope, and they’re not sequential either.

Now, imagine that each FDC has a corresponding postcard with the same meter and postmark date as its envelope. The serial number on the card does not match that on the FDC. The reverse of the postcard has a graphic the same as its FDC, and with more (Chinese) text.

So all in all there are 24 pieces: 12 FDCs and 12 postcards. In some ways they match, but in others they don’t. No, we don’t understand this either. Unused (of course) and Grades: 1

Code: 20307928
Price: $34.00
Trains (Maximum Cards, joint issue, set of two)
A joint issue between PR China and Spain, though China-based, with China National Philatelic set reference MC(E)-21. Issued in June 2019. QR codes on the backs of the cards. Grade: 1

Code: 20307929
Price: $12.00
Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 – Snow Sports (folio) – Cover
The whole thing comes in a cardboard cover measuring 8-1/2″ x 10″ (shown here). Inside, one piece that folds open to four panels. Do that, and on one side, each panel holds one postcard of a different sport (Cross Country Skiing, Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, and Freestyle Skiing. The cards of course are unused though each has an uncancelled stamp corresponding to the card’s particular sport. Now, flip this whole thing over and one of the panels has bilingual Chinese/English text, and one has a mint set of eight of those stamps. Another panel has details of issue from China National Philatelic, with QR code and holographic sticker guaranteeing authenticity. See our entry 20307930B for one panel. Grade: 1

Code: 20307930A
Price: $44.00
Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 – Snow Sports (folio) – one panel
See description for 20307930A.

Code: 20307930B
Price: $44.00

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